#3E228D#3E228D

#3E228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.164 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E228D
RGB	rgb(62, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 40.88, -54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 68.14, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.0482 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.164 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3649, 4.0909, 25.5957)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E228D #718D22

analogous

#223C8D #3E228D #74228D

triadic

#3E228D #8D3E22 #228D3E

tetradic

#3E228D #8D223C #718D22 #228D74

square

#3E228D #8D223C #718D22 #228D74

split-complementary

#3E228D #8D7422 #3C8D22

monochromatic

#130A2A #28165C #3E228D #542EBE #7654D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#3E228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#3E228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E228D

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E228D	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.164 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60af',
    500: '#3e228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e228d;
$custom-light: #7d60af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.701,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36274,
    "c": 0.16408,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E228D

secondary

#9EB951

accent

#E444BA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E228D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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